Dimitris Skleparis Editor

Violetta Hionidou is Professor of Modern European History at Newcastle University, UK. Her research interests span from famines to birth control; from popular Medicine to family history; and from migration and refugee studies to the displacement experiences of Pontic Greeks in the former USSR. Currently, she is researching migration in times of famines. She has published three monographs, two of which prize winning. Hionidou has held Research Fellowships at Princeton University-Seeger Centre for Hellenic Studies, at The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (George Papaioannou Fellowship) and at Cambridge (Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellowship).

Dimitris Skleparis is Senior Lecturer in the Politics of Security at Newcastle University. His research explores the intersections of security and forced displacement, focusing on threat perceptions, empathy, and collective memories of historical victimization. He has published widely in international journals and edited volumes, and contributed to research reports and policy briefs. Dimitris is Co-Convenor of the Greek Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association and serves on the Scientific Board of the Greek Review of Social Research. He previously held academic and research positions at the University of Glasgow, the University of California, and ELIAMEP.